The Newnan Carnegie Library Foundation is proud to present the return of the Edgar B. Hollis Distinguished Author Series! Check out the incredible line-up we will be having this year. Registration is requested on Eventbrite.
Join the Newnan Carnegie Library Foundation as Lawrence Reed presents From Tyranny to Freedom: The Polish Experience. Mr. Reed will explain Poland’s history of courage and character as well as the events that led the Polish government to recognize him with the Grand Cross of the Order of Merit of the Republic of Poland. He will share stories of his time with the Polish underground that led to his arrest and expulsion by the communist government in 1986. The talk will include profiles of some Polish heroes whose lives continue to inspire people everywhere. Book signing to follow talk.
The Edgar B. Hollis Distinguished Authors Series began at the Carnegie in 2012. A native of Newnan, Georgia, Edgar Baldwin Hollis left a generous bequest to benefit Newnan’s citizens in the hopes that many lives in the hometown he loved so much would be touched by his gift. Mr. Hollis grew up in Newnan, graduated from Newnan High School and received a bachelor’s degree in History and a master of Humanities from Emory University. He spent most of his professional career in Washington, D.C., working for the National Security Agency's Inter-Library Loan Division but would often return to his family home in the historic downtown area of the city. The Newnan Carnegie Library Foundation is honored to be selected to commemorate his legacy through an annual series of distinguished lectures to be held each year at the Carnegie Auditorium a place he would have been so familiar with during his life. Edgar B. Hollis passed away at his home in Newnan on June 17, 2006.
We are proud to bring these notable authors to Newnan and Coweta County.
